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DonCoquixote

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42. while her taking offense maker her look bad

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 06:44 PM

Sep 2016

There is one danger the line of thought in the reply leads to, the fact that people should "look" a certain way. For example, I am Puerto Rican, now my mother looks Irish, my father is about a shade darker than Halle Berry. In the Americas, people of different skin shades did mix, from milk white to bread tan to coffee brown to chocolate black. So all of a sudden people like me (I guess Olive skinned works, as I get mistaken for Greek or Italian a lot) get considered not Puerto Rican. Here I go tracing my parents lineage back to the 1500's, and because someone decides people "look" a certain way, they get to tell me who I am.

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Help with some math please. Indian Heritage [View all] trumad Jun 2016 OP

A quarter. What am I missing? Squinch Jun 2016 #1

25%. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #2

Yeah---but she (my Mother) married a non-Indian. trumad Jun 2016 #3

1/16 leftofcool Jun 2016 #6

No documents. trumad Jun 2016 #11

How are you arriving at that number? Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #19

1/2 of 1/2 = 1/4 Orangepeel Jun 2016 #16

Mom is 50% Apache and 50% Irish TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #18

Doesn't matter. trof Jun 2016 #30

One grandparent = one quarter. immoderate Jun 2016 #4

But my Dad was not Indian... trumad Jun 2016 #7

No, it can only increase it if he were part Native American Major Nikon Jun 2016 #17

he did dilute the percentage: to 25% Takket Jun 2016 #23

and one white parent =1/16 leftofcool Jun 2016 #8

I thought so. trumad Jun 2016 #10

Your mother was half. You're half of that -- a quarter. immoderate Jun 2016 #15

How do you work that out? TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #21

For tribal recognition it will not be called 1/4 leftofcool Jun 2016 #28

How in the world does the white father SheilaT Jun 2016 #31

Small point -- yellerpup Jun 2016 #35

trumad, to establish evidence of your claim saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #5

Will a DNA tell me the percentage? trumad Jun 2016 #9

Yes saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #13

it will show the percentage of native american but not the tribe, native american covers south Demonaut Jun 2016 #32

try the ancestry dna test, it will give you a map of the densities of your dna profile Demonaut Jun 2016 #34

My mother told me that one of her grand parents was part ... JoePhilly Jun 2016 #12

"Eight Greats" back, I have a Native American ancestor. annabanana Jun 2016 #26

That's neat. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #27

25% or 0% depending on how you see it Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #14

Not really looking for Benefits. trumad Jun 2016 #22

Do the DNA test. I did. Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #24

No. It is easy SharonClark Jun 2016 #25

Tribal recognition does not use simple math. leftofcool Jun 2016 #29

But Trumad asked a simple math question Mariana Jun 2016 #38

Growing up in the '50s and '60s... pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #20

Very, very politically incorrect 1939 Jun 2016 #36

I still remember my older brother having the 45rpm record of 'Mr. Custer' pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #37

Happy Trails to You. kwassa Jun 2016 #40

I am 3/8 Native American lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #33

Hey Brother.. denbot Jun 2016 #39

Racism in claiming Indian heritage. kwassa Jun 2016 #41

while her taking offense maker her look bad DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #42